[Sca-cooks] Recipe seeking

[M. Traber]

Carper, Rachel wrote:

> For thickening sauces heavy cream is good. Also I have a bunch of people
> allergic to wheat so I use instant mashed potato's. Just a quick shake
> of the box will thicken it right up. Also some of the non wheat people
> use arrow root. 

Well, Atkins or any other low carb thickener sort of precludes 
arrowroot, flour, mashie flakes or any other starch.

I use not-Starch from the Atkins Catalog, which Barbera of 
Expertfoods.com which are also carried by low carb stores.
http://atkins.com/

That he will probably end up liking the best, it is dietary fiber, so it 
counts towards your daily fiber RDA and it will thicken a cold or hot 
liquid.
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